[xii], 233 pages of text. Hardcover cloth binding with minimal shelfwear. Unclipped dustjacket with minor rubbing to the extremities, with a little fading to the spine, and minor blurring of type on spine and rear panel; protected in archival mylar. Illustrated with numerous historic black & white photographs, including one showing Marines on Samoa wearing skirts and tee-shirts as official uniforms. Inscribed on the front endpaper "To Michael V. McGuire [Chicago Tribune Foreign Correspondent] with best wishes [signed] Harry Openheimer". Included is a typed letter signed by Oppenheimer, on Fourth Division Marine Headquarters stationery, as well as a contemporary newspaper article on Oppenheimer. Autograph. Minor offsetting on pages 189-190. The text is clean and unmarked. First edition. Size: Octavo (8vo). N° de ref. de la librería 003979

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